Catalog
Hepatic encephalopathy
Link to WHO Definition
Hepatic encephalopathy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1769383160
Hepatic encephalopathy is a complication of liver cirrhosis and a hallmark of acute liver failure, and is also observed in patients with portosystemic shunts without cirrhosis. Hepatic encephalopathy is characterised by personality changes, intellectual impairment, flapping tremor and a decreased consciousness level. In the advanced stages it is called hepatic coma, which may lead to death. The diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is made primarily by recognition of neuropsychiatric changes occurring in a patient with liver disease, after exclusion of brain diseases.
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- Hepatic coma
- Hepatic encephalopathy, stage 4
- Hepatic encephalopathy, minimal
- Hepatic encephalopathy, stage 1
- Hepatic encephalopathy, stage 3
- Acute portosystemic encephalopathy
- Gaustad's syndrome
- Acute hepatic encephalopathy
- Hepatic encephalopathy, stage 2
- Transient hepatargy syndrome
- Acute hepatorenal encephalopathy